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VOL. XXXIV.-INO. 32. Czar Reed is once more holding the American eagie by the tail feathers. The agony is bow on the Cwjot- aional Biconi ha resumed publication fx l V r,wr.SAn-. 1 1- . . "f.pDu liovixig spoicen, now let the Spanish butchers proceed with their bloody -work. ' IESTEKUay we gave a full abstract of the president's message. For the ucuoubui w( reaucrs , i.-o de-ilre to picscrvo mo wucumect wo give the complete txt today. . If there be any difference in the opinions of McKinley and Cleveland on the subjects of finance, Cuba and civil service, it cannot bo detected by a com parlson of their messages. The epidemic of measles at the Mound street school at Columbus has been occasioned, It is claimed, by the school children being obliged to exchange slate and lead pencil?. with the message for It follows him eXaCtlV in thfl miltWr nt !nUi-not.!nnl arbitration, civil service reform, financial policy, Cuban policy, fur seal treaties, merchant marine, etc.. etc. President Diaz ot the Iiepubhc of Mexico has invited William J. Bryan to be his guest while In tho City of Mexico. Diaz was also a great friend Of General Grant and entertained that distinguished American on several occasions.Gov. DiiADLEY should call out the troops to quell the disturbance in Kentucky growing nu: of ltd dispute a to which fair uauael shall have the hon or of breaking a bottle of Bourbon whisky over the prow of that newman-of-war. Fkom. the latest pension figures the New York World calculates that one in every seventy-five of our population is now on the pension roll. "Tnat is to say .of every fourteen families in the United States one family Is partially or wholly supported by the government." The president, while showing his desire to go slow and be absolutely r-gtit before going . ahead too far, does cot take the staGd the great majority of the people would have iiked h'rn to take toward SDaln.- Courier. Well, hardly; but he succeeds in pleasing Wall street and what more could you ask? James II. Carxaha.v, of Indianapolis, major general commanding U. R. K. of P., is preparing an order for the election of a brigadier commander of the Ohio jurisdiction to select a successor of the late General James C. Howe, of Kenton, O., who died November 1. The date of the election has been fixed for January 10. That the trust and monopoly tariff bill passed last summer has resulted in a deficit of S;W.00O,000r--mofr,,1e?5: that It has failed to raise revenue for anybody but the "protected" people and that, as a fiscal measure, It has accomplished nothing beyond raising the price of everything in the country, except wasres, Is admitted by the Washington Tmws. Read in another column the Republican state librarian's opinion of the president's Cubau policy. The editor of the Zanesville Omrier is a member of the state library board and is re sponsible for the election of Mr. Gal-breath, It is suongiy suspected that the said editor's vie vs on this subject, privately expressed, would coincide with those of Librarian Gaibreath. It was the decision of tho supreme court of ltltnoU confirming Judge Tuloy's decision in tho case against Marshall Field JtCo., who had constructed passageways over an alley under authority of a permission from the common council, that the council has no authority to give any private party privileges under the earth or above .the earth in public property. Such use as was authorized for public ground must b entirely for a public purpose. Many Republicans will be disap- pointed in the president's message. In the face of the pledge of the St. Louis platform, he opposes Cuban independence; be practically advises the destruction of the greenbacks; he would give the control of the circulating medium entirely to the national banks; he still clings to the Buotian subterfuge of international bimetallism; he promises to uphold and extend civil service reform. There is a large percentage of the Republican party that cannot , agree with the president on any of these questions, but Wall street will be delighted with his recommendations and Wall street appears to be supreme. State Treasures S. B.'C aaipuell says the estimate of the probable expenses of the state institutions as the , are now being filed with the state auditor, indicate that there iato be a gen eral raid upon the state treasury this winter to get some of the surplus funds there now, as the rtsult of the failure to proceed with the improvements of the state capitol. The last legislature appropriated 1400,000 for this work, part Of which is now in the state treasury, and the rest will soon be. The Institutions' managements seem to think there is a great golden opportunity now to get seme of these unused funds and nnless the finance committee has a stiff backbone and opposes the raid with vigor, they will soon be gone. Mark the difference between the independence and patriotism of the Democratic press and the crouching servility of the goldbug presB. When a Democratic president disappointed the expectations of the people and refused to champion the patriots of Cuba, the Democratic cew-fiap"rs almost unanimously denounced him. But when a Republican president pursues exactly the same course as theDemoeratlc pres ident arid crawls even more servilely at the feet of the Spanish tyrant, the Republican press is afraid tossy h im nay. The Republican, newspapers, that denounced Cleveland for not recognizing Cuban belligerency, now fawns upon McKinley and say he is doing right in doing what Cleveland did:' "Thekiijg can do no wron," is the motto of the tnoufet-o poidbusr l!cpitUe organ. Caldwell's tax levy for the ensuing year is $3 15 on every hundred dollar valuation. COSHOCTON'S tax levy for the ensu ing year is $:t 15 on the hundred col lars of valuation. iHE SsKiNAL presents its readars to day a timely historical article from the pen of Col. W. A. Taylor. v.o.v,kkjs wn: cow osstract the at tention of the student of the morbid fi-om the Luetgert trial and Banna's campaign for senator. t Oil AKEii has bobbed up from the box in which Mark Hanna ha? him fastened, iong enough to say that he does net agree with the president as to Cuba. While speaking of the failure of the Dingley tariff law to raise enough revenue, don't forget that it has also fatied to raise something else wages, fi.r instance. Harper's .. Weekly insists that Hanna should be defeated because he is a bad man. Still ILtrper's Wully thought him great and good when he was collecting a corruption fund with which to bribe voters something over a year ago to "save the nation's honor." A case has gone to the supreme court to test the right of boards of education to elect teachers and super intendents for more than one year. It is needless to say that the decision will depend upon the politics of the interested members of the board of education.If Marquis De La Fayette had lived under the rule of a McKinley at the time of our Revolutionary war, he would not have been permiited to as sist the insurgents In freeing themselves from the English King and to day this country would have been a mere colony of Great Britain, Have you noticed that the United spates bonds continue to ascend in valut? Isn't it a strange commentary on the boasted claims of prosperity? Capitalists still find It more profitable to invest in evidences of indebtedness t';in ia hgititnate bashu-si pursuits. G -jld is king. Ill fares the land lo hastening Ills a pri-y. Where wealth accumulates and men aecy,, When a president of the United States feels impelled to devote a large part of his annual message to defend ing a cruel desootism in its butcher at tempts to conquer the struggling pa triots of a little republic, it is about time thai the name of Benedict Arnold be substituted for that of Georare Washington in the histories read by the school children. The railroads are now telling th Inter-State ; Commerce cornmisslouere that times are 60 bad and prosperity, so 1. slow that they are unable to obey the law requiring them to equip their cars with brake and couplings to prevent the loss of life to brakemen. It seems that all the prosperity in this country appears in Republican organs. But is the poverty of the railroads an excuse for the violation of this Ian? The George B. Cox gang that now comprise the supreme court of Onio have never decided a case yet, where they did not decide it according to their partisan prejudices if they could oossibly discover some question of partisanship in the case. The decisions of the present supreme court of Ohio have no weight in other courts and the members are a disgrace to the state. The latest instance of their subserviency to Geo B. Cox ia the decision rendered yesterday against Judge Erm3ton, appointed police prosecutor of Cincinnati by Mayor Tafel. This decision was deemed necessary to save the Cox gang from prosecution and the penitentiary. But may be it won't be able to do so after all., BUSHNELL'S RfcBUKE. If Bushnell were president he would have thrilled the American heart last Monday by sending a message to congress that sympathized with Cub, and inspired respect for the courage of this republic. . In advance of the publication of the president's message Governor Bushnell last Saturday expressed his views of the Cuban situation and his anticipation of the president's attitude in re-spec;, to it to the Columbu3 1'ress. The interview was correctly reported Saturday evening, as follows: The governor was asked if he favored granting tbe people of Cuba belligerent's right at once. He said: "I curtaimy do. Thay have earned it bv a heroic struesde nf three vpars. Snain with her 225,0u0 soldiers has not been able to subdue the revolution in a single province of the island. Why should not the Cubans have belligerent rights?",.- ..- , "Complaint is made that our government, in dealing with filibustering expeditions, doesnot.fulfl.il her obligations to Spain," "II recent reports are correct, our government has pent over $2,000,000 in patrolling the coast in the Interest of Spain. A number of our vessels are now employed in that service. Our people look upon this work with considerable impatience: and every time a vessel evades the cruisers their hearts are full of joy." "Governor, what do you thick of the recent promises of autonomy to the is land?" "Well," said the governor, " I think that promises of autonomy are not very 'recent.' From the little that I have read of Cuban history, Spain has Deen noiaing out promises of autonomy to the island for'lo, these many vears ' Upon such a promise the Cubans were induced to lay down their arms in the ten years' war. Later, when Camuos was embarrassed, Spain beean to talk autonomy. When Mchimev was in augurated, the dons were again frigbt- ened and tne Uacovas ministry offered autonomy on the point of Weyler's sworu. iiiis was prooaDiy to tntiu enco public opinion in America. In the meantime, starvation, rapine and muraer continue on tne island." uovernor, you aro regarded as a business maa, and the interests of this country are considered favorable to a pacific policy." . "We want no war. The granting of belligeruntrigbts need not bring war I aaxea most heartily with Senator Fora-fcer, however, in his. recent da laration, 'If the discharge of our duty should result in war with Spain, we should not shrink from it. . Yoa cannot conduct a great government according to a Wall street ticker,. Tb.3 demand o! nsorsU- ty, conscience and patriotism are more imperious than tr-Oft- r-f commerce They can not De stilled: tliey must be heard.'" "What )g your view thin, briefly, of the duty of our government" "Give the Cubans belligerent risrhts atonee. Intervene afterward, if neces sary, to put an erd to a war that d graces civilization.". "What do you think of the president's probable attitade in his forth coming message V" "I thiok that our president will not disappoint trie patriotic expectations oi tne country." The y'rxs says that now that the message, regarding which such great expectations were entertained, ti as-been delivered, to the utter humiliation and abasement of the American people, and in contempt of their most solemn and ccerished hopes, Ohioans have nothing left except to thank God that their governor, at least, has no sympathy with the miserable terms of tnat oocument and no share in the re sponsibilities which thev entail. Although the president o'f the United States outraged public opinion, the governor of Ohio stands true. JiPKE8Y.. LOCK. Pergonal Paragraphs A New Barber Shop Got the Grip. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. I vers, of Mcflnn- netsvUle, who were the guests of Mc-Eihisevs a few davs. rntnrnpn1 tj. thoir. home Monday. Frank Anderson has opened a barber shop at Eagleport. - Wiii Greer and brother returred home Saturday after several davs' visit who relatives near High Hill. WUmer Menser and w1f visitor! fha latter's parents, Sunday. iwuu ia suuenng who. tne griD. HOPE AND COMFORT Beamed From President Mc. Kinley's Face E1? TOLD HIS MOTHEB LIVED. Arrived in Ct at 8:33 Thin ttorniue and Had the 5aMf aoi ion of Belug Recognized by Bis Kylngr itttherT!ie Venerable Lady Then Relapwl Into Uncon-sciotigness.Canton, O., Dec. T. President Mc Kinley arrived by a special train over tne Pennsylvania road at 8:55 this morning. His face showed signs of hope and comfort when he was told thaf. his mother was still alive and resting in sweet repose. He was rapidly whirled to her residence and was again at her bedside. President McKinley had the satisfaction of being recognized by his dying mother. When he advanced to her bedside, Miss Helen McKinley said: "Mother, here are William and Ida." As the words fell on her ears, the dear old eyes, already dimmed with the approach of death, opened and gazed up at him. As he knelt by her bed, she extended one arm and placed it around his neck as she had so often done in the days now gone. As she drew him down to her witb. almost imperceptible pressure, the president leaned over and Kissed ber. . . . .- Aft'tir gai.idg at hitnRhKv"for Tmn- ment she recognized bis wife by a pressure of the hand. She also gave signs that she recognized her granddaughter, Miss Mabel McKinley, who had accompanied the party from Washington. She shortly relapsed into the same state of seml-unconsclousness. ADAMSVILLE- A Wedding and an Accident-Lodge Officer Elected-Brief. The annual Farmers' institute will be held here in the town hall December and :!!. Good speakers will be present among whom are Professors E. C. Thorne, of Wooster, and D. W. Bur-kett, of Columbus. At the election of Delphian lodge, K. of P. held Monday night the following ofli:ers were elected: C. C , W. C. Hanks. V. C, R, B, Bainter; prelate, B. N. Jones; M. of W., R. F. Buker; K of R, and S., J. L Rechel; M. of F., K. H. King; M. of E,, H. B. Smith: M. A., G E. Rossj. trustee, M. F. Tomlin-son; representative, J. P Arnold; alternate. L. Browning. Last . Thursday was tbe s. ene of a very pleasant gathering at the home of Mr. and Mr3. J. H. Bainter, east of town, at which time their oldest daughter, Miss Dora, was united in marriage to Mr. C. B. Bell, the onlv son of Squire G. W. Boil, of Adams township. Tne ceremony took place at high noon in the presence of about forty invited guests and was Derformed by their pastor, Rev. H. H. Bachman. The contracting parties are two of our best and most popular young people and they have a host of friends who will join the writer in wishing them a iong life of happiness. The Adamsville corn9t, bapd was present in the evening and furnished some excellent music. They were also treated to an old-fashioned serenade, at which time Leroy Shroyer accidentally discharged a pistol. The ball penetrated the hand, passing entirely through and breaking one of the metacarpal bones, Miss Minnie Blood, of Kansas, 111:, Is the guest of Mrs. C. A. Arnold and other relatives in town. Marcus Love, of Plainfield, was in town on business last week. Mrs. Mary Barnell; of Zanesville, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Anna Prince, Adams street. Miss Mary Fell is visitinc friends in Zanesville. Eureka grange. No. 1241. P. of H.. at a recent meeting elected the following oCioers: Master, Hi H. Garrett: over- seer, J. H. Bainter; lecturer, C. B. Bell; steward, Wm. Aler; assistant steward, J. W. Vensel; chaplain. R. S. Beers; treasurer, G. W. Slater; secretary, W. E. Bell; gate keeper, H. L. Steele; Ceres, Mrs, Tillie Garrett; Pomona, Mrs. Maggie Aler; Flora, Mrs. Dora Bell: lady assistant steward, Miss Delia Stum. The many friends of Miss Marv Bain- tor, who has been in Cincinnati "for the past three months undergoing treatment for her eyes, will -be glad to learn that she is fast imorovinsr and will be able to save both eves. She will probably be so far recovered as to De aoie to return home by Christmas. J. W, Elsea, countv secretary of tho P. of L's, attended the state meeting of that order at Coshocton, last week. Mrs. John Slater, of Zanesville, returned to her home-Monday after a Driel visit wltn relatives here. Spanixh ltntclies'9 Pleaacd, Madrid, Dee. H The message of I 'resident McKinley to congress pleas antly surprised a majority of the Spaniards. They hardly expected so mucn approval of Spain's Cuban policy. or a recognition of her right to the necessary time to carrv out the colon ial reforms. The prevalent impression is that President Mchinle's attitude is practically even more favorable than was. President Grant's on the occasion of trio former itiourrection. VI lieat Wl.Ol. Chicago, Dec. 8. December wheat passed the dollar mark on tho Chicago board of trade today. Heavy buying by shorts was responsible Tor the rise. Tbe market opened y'.t; fel! to 6, but it soon advanced to $1.01, later break-teg half ft cant, ZAXESYII.I.E. OHIO, TI1U11SDAV, DECEMBER ft. THE87TH ANNIVERSARY Of the Inauguration of a Governor at Zanesville. THE 0E1E5I05T TOOK PLACE On the K.ar! .-,.,t Where Our Mm. Hire tourt. WihupSuh Mm!s.l Jasilrt of the Pence f Zanesville Twnh!Ad-liiiiii-nred the li of O l!U- Governor !Iei);' Inaugural AddressHe Wa a lelTcrn!l;iTi lem-rat. FHOM WEIISKSDAY'S DAM.T. Today Ecatss one, o! the tvo most important events in the early history of the city of Zanesville. Tte eighty-seventh anniversary of the inauguration of Return Jonathan Meiga as governor of the state of Ohio, he being the fourth chief magistrate, in the order of succession, albeit he was entitled to rank secoi d in that honor. - The jjmigii.-at.uui tc.lf plwftflmthr: exact spot where our massive court' house now stands, ia the building torn down tu make room for it, and tbe mural tablet of which graces the portico of the present building. The old building torn away was, in its day, the largest, most convenient, best equip ped and most imposing public edifice west of the Ai'eghenies. The preceding important event of lo cal history occurred on MondayDe--cember 3, 1SI0, when the temporary seat of government for Ohio was for mally etabhih-jd here by .the organization of the two houses of the' legist ture. The senate organized by electing Thomas Kirker, of Adams, former acting governor, as speaker; Carlos A. i Morton, clerk, and Edward Sherlock,' doorkeeper. . 5 . The house organized by electing Ed ward Tiffin, the first governor of the tate and a former U. S. senator, as speaker; Ralph Osborn, clerk,' and I Adam Betz, as doorkeeper. The eatii of allegiance was admlnis-i ten d to the senate ra, representatives and officers of the two houses, by Sam-5 uel Thompson, E-q., a justice of the peace for Zanesville township, Mus-i kingum county. The tvo hcises mrn In joint a if em-' bly in the hall of representatives at 11 o'clock a. m , on the (ith of Decern- ' ber to canvass the returns of the election held on the second Tuesday I October preceding, and declare the result. . An inspection of the returns showed that Return Jonathan Meigs, jr , of Washington county, had received 9,9:14 votes and Thomas Worth ingtoq, of Ross, 7,7;1: the total vote being 13.605, and Meig' majority being 2,193. He was iiceordingly declared elected. Muskingum cast 810 votes at the election, of which Meigs received 74 and Wotthiugton 26. :Th.jv&a.it&Jargai proportional vote cast for Meigs by any county in the state, except Athens ' At 12 o'clock noon of the 8th of December Governor Meigs appeared in the ball of representatives in the presence of both branches of the legis lature, took tbe required vote of office and delivered the following inaugural address: Gentlemen of the Senate and Hnso of B p- resentauves: "lmprested with a deep sense of the trust reposed in rue by tho voice of my fellow citizens, and duly affected by the obligation so recently administered, I shail hope, in the discharge of the duties devolved on me, to justify tbit confidence with which I am hon ored, and receive your indulgence while performing the tirst act of offi vial duty. "In surveying, gentlemen, the situa tion of our young republic, as well by itself as iu its federative relations, tbere are (mingled with some reerets) causes of general satisfaction, and such 1 an, in this crisis of the world, are con solatory to the best hopes of our coun try. .: I While tbe inhabitants of the other 1 hemisphere are affoiiizinff under tbe desolating calamities of war. exhibit ing a spectacle ot tragic misery, froii' wnicn tne eye of humaimv averts with commiseration, our beloved country enjoys the benefactions of peace. liuring tne world convulsintr eon-: tests for power and predominance, and amid the wreck of nations, we remain governed by institutions emanating from our own choice and founded on the broadest basis of human rights and political freedom. Our government is not seoarate from the people. The solid srlorv of a nation is the happiness of its citizens, and tbat happiness is ttie subliment ob ject of the social compact the design anu ena or a:i its labors. "Animated by such principles, the governrrect of the United States, tress ed by belhgerent outrage, has, with undevianng moderation, pursued in its foreign relations, a course of measures just, neutral and pacific. This conduct has not met with its merited reciprocity. Hieh expectations are however entertained, that the warring powers win soon nave renounced their novel system of retaliatory warfare, so injurious to the rights of neutr&is, and abandon pretensions as abhorrent to justice, as unwarranted by the code of UU1UBB, But it vet remains to he Irnnwn whether these expectations are falla cious and illusory, or we are again to experience a deceptive diplomatic de lusion, or to oon ia a commerce too long harrassed and despoiled, once more restored to its proper and unvio-lated operations. The unjust restrictions and forcible! inhibitions to a law- iui commerce, although wrouutiveof some privations, have "led our citizens to manufacturing enterprise, and to a development and use of our own resources contributory to the real independence of our country. "Attached, as we are, to the confederation, by ties of icdiissolublo policy, and identified with ail in dearest in terests, our strength is our union: To cultivate sentiments of union is then a duty, and worthy of being cherished with a holy zeal, cowtUionsuraU) to the importance of national independence. "The jealousy which prompts to Investigation, and that confidence in puDiic functionaries which enables them to act, are both qualities neces sary in a republican government. "Jjet us then accord to the guardians! of the natioual weal, a due reliance on i their wisdom, with a solemn determin-1 atlon on our part to meet, unappallcd, and with all our energies, whatever shall invade the essential rights, or menace the tra qulllity of the state. "Turning then, gentlemen to our local concerns, wo view tho state presenting an aspoct flattering to its citizens, and inviting to others. Improvements in progress tho hardy hand of Industry reclaims the divert the wilderness blossoms, and the once solitary place became gladdened with culture. A soil various and fertile, and a oil mat s mild and salubrious, attract to us a continual stream of migration-. and is U beHoved, thai at dq former period ba the aeceesslou of inhabitants been surpassed. "Ia a;! the numerous and diversified occupations of life, as apeople we have ample caus? for general felicitation. teace has rested on our borders health has bunt in our habitations. The spring time and the harvest have been blessed: the husbandman has reaped the rewards of diligence, and the whole year hns br-en crowned with a profusion ci favor and goodness. VTit&aii toese varied blessings accu-mu;dttd upon us, e should "be unworthy of their devotion, were we not to render the h'-mace of an clevatod gratitude to the great dispenser of beneficence. "The constitution of tbe ftati ha wisely dtciared. that 'religion, morality &cd knowleOtri" boing es-entiallv necessary to a good government, and the happiness ol mankind, schools and the means of io-truction shall fo'-ever beencourased bv iepi:ative provision.1 "Correct educar.iou is the auxi'ary Of virtue. Moral .-i-ieiK-e wi'i exalt ihe mines while ignorance, the badge of mental :-;avery, onases it. "Where the structure of government rests on puoiic opinioo, knowledge is of vital interest. Public opinion, to be correct, must be enlightened: and the culture of the understanding is the preserver of republican principles, Maa informed of his political rights, becomes reluctant to renounce them. Tyrants govern the Ignorant. Intelligence alone is capable ofself-government. "Rasnect for religion, purity of morals and love of country, comprUe the substance of civic obligations. "As with individuals, so It is with Bations, that vice is the precursor of ruin: and taken in its extensive sense, it is permanently true, that 'Righteousness exalteth a cation.' 'Public excellence ascends from domestic purity; and just principles, extending from families to communities, enlarge the sphere of utility, and gives to pauiotism its proudtst devotion. J,A fervent attachment to our country aud its free inst.tutions. is a principle of predominant obligation. Foreign influences is the harbinger of destruction to statps that arf " free. It was the eold dividing influence of Maeedon, which demolished the fairest temples of Grecian freedom; and Rome saw. in the corruption of her citizens, her liberties entombed forever. With us, ,ere every good citizen to cast his mite into the stock Of public virtue, the fund would be inexhaustible."Happily for us our state is endowed with liberal grants and reservations of lacd for the use of schools and universities, and we should be uniaithfui to ouracives aud unjust to posterity, were we to fail to reguiate them in a manner most bn! Uciat to their io.o: tant objects. Our schools and academies are advancing in improvement and promise to sanction the hopes entertained of their utility. "It is established that for national defence our chief reliance is placed in the militia. This principle, so long familiar, is Interwoven in the texture of our government, and best comports with the genius of its character; and to justify such reliance the militia ought in organization, arms and discipline, to be as complete as our situation willadmit.- And ocherc any improvements can be made in our militia, they will always be objects worthy of legislative attention. "This subject praties with annual solicitude, when we view the warlike aii-tJidSTwfcicr the weridxMbivatid when we behold the revolutionary vet erans of discipline, experience and heroism, fast passing off tee theatre of all their exploits. "During the last session of congress a bill passei the senate providing for laying out (at the expense of the United Statee) a road from the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to the western line of the Connecticut Reserve, aud a road from Lower Sandusky to run southwardly to the boundary line established by the treaty of Greenville. The bill remains unacted on in the house of representatives. Upon the application of a road to run from Ft. Laramie to Lake Erie nothing was done as the bill just mentioned had not met its decision. "To procure an cxtm;uihracnt of the Indian title to lands lying within the boundaries of the state, as well as to ascertain those boundaries, our delegation in congress made a" formal and written application to the execu tive department of tbe general government. Owing to various causes, as welt as to the consiueration that the times were not propitious to these undertakings, no measures have yet been adopted for the accomplishment of those objects which are so desirable to the state. 1 "Serious injuries and much inconven ience accrue to our citizens by'a tardy promulgation of the laws". Those rights are affected, the rules of civil conduct, as prescribed, are unknown: long after the laws are declared to be in force. The necessity of an early dis tribution of such laws as you may pass, is too palpable not to engage vour con sideration at an early period. Perma nence, certainty and uniformity are among the attributes of a good government. Fluctuations of indecision and changes of legislative construction of the constitution, argue an instability unfavorable to tho character of our institutions, which in their nature are designed to be permanent "In the creation of such laws as shall be deemed useful, in the repealing of such as may be found to be defective, and In selecting to oQice, men capable and worthy; and In providing for the prosperity and happiness of your constituent!!; you, gentlemen, will find employments of a dignified nature, which are solemnly confided to your deliberations and wisdom. "Man is imperfeet-the wisest may err the most honest will, sometimes differ in opinion; and yet, much of the inconvenience flowing from that difference may be diminished, if to the practice of candor be added that spirit of liberality which conciliates, without dereliction of principle, and rejects at the same time, that asperity of animadversion so adverse to political harmony. "The ample and recent communications which you have received from my predecessor, render any further occupation of your time unnecessary. "That all your legislative transactions may conduce to the welfare of your constituents is my slncerestdesire: and whatever aid I can, at anytime afford, shall yielded with a cheerfulness, excited by duty and prompted by inclination " In patriotic eloquence, in diction, in lofty sentiment and in simplicity of language, this message taites rack with any state paper of ancient or modern limes. It is one of the classics of po litical literature, it not only Harmonized with tbe environments of that day, when the young republic was bect with dangers both without and within, but will' serve aa a model for genera tions of chief magistrates yet to come in nations unborn. Governor Meigs was a disciple of Jetfcrson, the founder of tho true Re- pubi lean-Democratic faith, bv and un der the tenets of which tho Republic can alone be perpetuated In spirit as well as in name. The collisions of party did not then blunt the patriotism of rum who roo to position bv tho un bought suftrsge of a free people, ieal ous of their rights and liberths, but rather exalted and inspired it. No "Corrupt Practices Act" was nec essary then to aid the people in delivering a righteous and patriotic verdict for every bosom was the citadel of honesty and the state and nation's honor, because! men held oHlcs thea as palUo dutjffcnd Aid cot iret It at 1 1S97. private convenience If every citizen of Muskingum county and tne state will accept the noble sentiments of this address as his guide when next he goes to the poils, no corruptionist will be cotrjmisPioned to put on the habila- ments ot othca. Immediately before delivering the iiM-rfzuiuir uovernnr Meigs resigned IB to the hands of his predecessor, finv Samuel Huntington, his commission as United States senator, to which posi- vjuu utj jjbu neen elected two years previously. Thomas Worthington was cit-crt-ii wi succeed mm. DiftVrent iceas as to the honor conferred by a public office seem to have prevailed in the early days. Edward Tiffin, who was speaker of thn hnuaa in 1.S10-1811, resigned the position of Uni- ieu o-.aies senator in 1809, that he might enter the popular branch of the vl,lo iegis.iatu.re. believing that he could serve his statij. and people better iu me latwr position. o, too. Governor Meieu laid aside the senatorial toga to fill the less exalted position of governor To neither of t.hom the honors of official position a daz zling attraction. Governor Meigs was a candidate for governor in iUi.and received 6050 votes to 4757 for Nathaniel Masaie.Thn h Ansa and senhte failed to agree as to declaring the reeult, and the election was contested on the ground that Meigs had not been an "inhabitant" of Ohio for four year? imms diately preceding the election, as the constitution reouired. As a matter of fact he had been ab sent eleven months la Louisiana, be' tween 1304 and 1807, on colonial business for Ohio and the United States, while his family resided at Marietta. But a majority of the two houses declared him ineligible, and Speaker Thomas Kirker became acting governor.The same legislature elected him a supreme judge, and the next one sent him to the United States senate. In 1812 he was re-elected governor. W. A. T. ALLtH OPENS THE BALL Offered, a Resolution That Con-gress Should Recognize THE INDEPENDENCE OP CUBA. Declared That Be Would Sot be Satis-lied With a Simple Acknowledgement f Belligerent Klelita Ready to Cast His Tote for Cuban Liberty at Any Moment.Washington, Dec. 8. -In the senate todty the chaplain in his opening prayer eulogized the late Senator George, of Mississippi, as "a man, true, just, upright, unwearied in labor and stainless in office." ' ' Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By Mr. Hawley (Rep., Conn.) for two additional regiments of artillery. By Mr. Galliflger (Rep,, N. H.) regulating and defining the civil service of the United States. Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the senate that "congress should, with all due and convenient speed, acknowledge, by appropriate act. the political feeefndencirtf the rtrpuiUMvfe, and he addressed the senate in its support.He declared that he would not be content or satisfied with a simple acknowledgment of belligerent rights, but would demand absolute and unconditional political liberty. He was confident tbat the American people would not be contented with the course advised by the present administration as tbey were not witn the last administration. He was ready to case his vote for Cuban liberty at any moment; and he regretted "the : shilly shallying methods In dealing with that question employed by this powerful government."The resolution was referred to the committee on foreign relations and then at I p. m tho death of Representative Wright, ot Massachusetts, having been announced, the senate ad journed until tomorrow. . THE HOTJSE. Washington, Dee. 8. When today's session of the house began Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, moved and the house agreed that the committee on banking and currency be permitted to sit dnr- ng toe sessions of the house. This was pursuant to an order adopted bv the committee at its meeting this morning. Mr. w, A. Stone, of Pennsylvania. reported the pension appropriation bill and gave notice that he would call It up for consideration tomorrow. BEATEN TO DEATH By the Brothers of a Girl He Had Assault ed- Negro's Fate. Marion, Ind., Dee. 7 Miss Minnie Cunard, a white girl, 15-years-old, living in this city, went to the house of tne nearest neighbor, a colored family named Smith, oa an errand yesterday afternoon. None of the family was at home except a young man, Joseph Smith. When the girl came in the houso Smith assaulted her, but the girl succeeded in freeing herself from the black brute and ran home, screaming, while the negro fled. tier two brothers, Charles and Mil ton, started in pursuit. The negro ran across fields, and through woods for nve mnes ,Dut tne infuriated brothers kept close behind and finally captured him in a vacant house and beat him into insenstbilty and left him for dead. Some farmers took the negro to a farm- House and tried to revive Mm, but a re port just received says that be is dead. Miss uunard's throat shows the marks of Smith's fingers, but other wise she is uninjured. FOUL MURDER- A Man Who I,iv. d by Himself Killed and JKobhed and His House Borned. Willis, Tex , Dec. 7. News of a foul murder and robbery committed eighteen miles southwest of herein San Jacinto county, last Thursday night, reached hare yesterday. The victim was Henry Moody, a single man, who lived by himsetf, and the amount lost was $1,300, After the murder and robbery the house was burned to destroy all evi dence of the crime, but persona living near were attracted oy the ure and re covered the charred remains. Later the officers arrested a man who confessed tbe crime, implicating an ac complice. Tho man was carried to Houston lor sate keeping. Officers are still looking tor the accomplice. All concerned are white. Phoenix Elects Officers. ttlOM WEDNESDAY'S DAU.y. Phoenix lodge, No. 388, Knights of l?ythias, met in regular session last evening and elected officers as follows C. C, S. II. Flemra; V. C, W. S. Fraz- ier; prelate. C. E. Swingle; M. of W a. u. Matnews; m. or t'.,u. k, Uotlman K. of U. and S., Harry C. Piatt; M. of K., II. V. Willey; M. at A , F. S. Gates; member relief committee, H. P. Wll- ley; M. E., Dr. c. u. Hanna,; trustee, a. iit, vjiarv. xne election was a verv interesting one and a large number of tha brethren were in attendance The ranks of pace and knight will ba con erred at next Tuesday nlgfct'fi meeting, KILLED III THE RING. Walter Croots, the English Ban-tarn, Put to Sleep BY JIMMY BAEBY, OP 0H10A&0. ratal Ending of a Price Fight For the r autam Weight Championship of the World-A Terrific Right Bander on the -Jaw Does the Business for the English. ' man. London, Dee. 7. WalterCroots, the English bantam, died at 8:30 this morning. Croota was knocked out In the 20th round of his fight with Jimmy Barry, of Chicago, last niirht. at. t.hB National Sportine club arcm. - tvs blow was a terrific right hander on the jaw. Croow did not recover in the usual time, and the club men. Barrxr and others interested.became alarmed Croots was conveyed to. a private room in the elub house and rlnntnr summoned. They worked unceasing revive the vnnnu fiohtju. k their efforts were fruitln rvwe. died this morning without regaining vu.wlUuou3. 4.110 MUytUClBQH K1V6 lb as their opinion ihaiOj-nnt.a ha? . zooW heart and that thta n th rtimnt of death. : Barrv and fVnnl.a fraicrht faa kA i . tarn weight championship of the world. Thev were to ham fnno-hr. aammi weeks ago, but the sudden death of John Fleming, the manager of the National Sporting club, caused the fight to be postponed until last evening. Today Barry was arraigned in a police court together with six officials of the National Sporting club. All of the Prisoners .were rfemanrinrt. hut permitted to obtain bail. ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES To Try, Conylet and Sentence a Murder er Killed Rig Wife Saturday Night. Raleigh. S. C Dee. 7 Srmiu n van moonshiner, thief and gambler, murdered his wife Saturday night at Greensboro. He was closelv guarded In iail. Yesterday th nnlioo mm called on by the sheriff with news that a juuu was auvancmg on tne jail. Tne lynchers arrived and demanded admission. Thev were charimd ho t.hn nnlfno and deputies and fled. v-uri met ana Kyan pleaded guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of guilty, and the judge sen- bouceu xyyan m 09 nangea uecember 17. From the time he was arraigned to the passing of the sentence was only fifteeen minutes. COt. DICK LINGERS. Afraid te Leave the Check Writine to Legs Experienced Han U. Cleveland, o.. iJei. 7 r.nt ras. les Dick. Senator Ffanna'a mansirai. did not accompany bis chief to Wash- j.ugvuu, snuuugu ub nauintenaea to ao so. He will orobablv not pa to Wants. ineton until tha Bnna.t.nri&l is ueuniteiy settiea. it is ciaimea tnat senator Hanna feared that if he anil hla linntanant both left the state the anti-Hannaites , - iu ijcuKjug euujujeub ui the. legislators to prevent his election. The Han n A nebnlk"5f.TIT".la.irn fifruin majority on joint ballot. Colonel Dick will look after developments and said today he did not know how long he would remain In the city. Chicago Markets. Corrected dally by F, C. Slagle, the broker: Open Hieh Low Close Wheat Mav. ....-...- fiQV ' ai eaa ortiz dUiV . ........ 1 K? . K - - - - . - - ; -.' I 83 28 22 21 Uorn May... ..28 28 28 July--;-- .......25 25 25 Oat8-Mll.V 9(5U 99Lf JolJ -. '. SIX 21 . PBOVISIOS MABKET. Corrected daily by Edwards & Hoyt: Pork-May.... .........847 18.50 18.42 Januarv 89S bw a on (8.45 8.3 i.ii Lard May.... .. ...... 440 4!42 4.40 January 4.25 4 25 4.25 4.25 KIDS-May 4.32 4.82 4.27 4.S0 January . 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 East Liberty Live Stock. East Liberty, Dec. 8. Cattle -firm: nriirm ti.1r7M R.V $3.253 60; feeders 1.004 50; veal calves I5.507. flogs market slow at Monday's prices. Sheep and Lambs sheep steady; Choice 9A KIYM fin- nnmmnn A IWTJiQ ftft. choice lambs $5.755 90: common to Glycerine Explosion. FOSTOR1A. O.. Deo. 7 An oinlnainn in the mixinc room of the Amnrir-an Glycerine Company factory, east of Bradder, this morning blew Daniel Laren, of Findlay, to fragments and uBsu-uyeu bue uuuuing. a storenouse near by containing a large amount of glycerine was not injured. Cotton Mill shut Down. WOONSOOKRT. R. T.. Den 7 ThA Rav Cotton Com nan v mill hnn hnt down for an indefinite period. The cause of the shut down Is the unsatis factory condition of the market. The mill employed 300 hands. Aii Quiet Again. Berlin, Dec. 8. Diplomatic rela- tlocs between Germany and Haytl have been resumed by the German charge d'affairs at Port Au Prince. Some more Officers. At last evpnlnc's meeting- of Hazlutt post No. 81, G. A. R., the annual election of officers was held, resulting as follows: Post commander, George H. Plavford: senior vice president. Charles G. Anderson; junior vice, A. D. Launder; chaplain, James T. Story; quartermaster, W. S. Maxwell; surgeon, Wil liam a. nevitt; omcer 01 tne a ay, William Tharo: officer of the puard. David Campbell; delegates to state encamp ment, W. E. Atwell and A. Clarkson: alternates, A. D. Launder, George W. Beardsley. The officers-elect will be installed at the first recular mnntinr tn January. KklFER Cattle Moved Visitor. Purchased Back Again M. Vanilnnriarlr. nf 7anABvlllA m. here last week and purchased some fine cattle. Ellsworth Crawford moved frnm South Zanesville to the Geo. Baker property here last week. Georce Osborn waa In 7.anaa,llla Friday. Mrs. JNora Hamilton, of Wllhelm Station, was here the guest of ber mother, Mrs. Mary J. Smith. Mondav. Dr. O. B. Crumbaker and wife, of Duncan Falls, visited at Lewis Echel- berry's Monday. Will and Robert Harlan h ava ra turned from Springfield where thev nave oeen ror tne past lew weeKs. Messrs. John Hartman and Harry Forsythe, of Duncan Falls, visited frlAnria hKi Rnnjav - Miss Ktna McLeen has returned to her home at this place after spending a few weens witn relatives in zanesville. Rav W. TT. TannahllV nf T1hani41. - k.v.. ... - WMUV. IOI O' villa, will 1 pc turn at thn Putnam byterlan Sunday school ball tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Young People's society ot the church. His subject will ba "Our Sahhath Tbe lecture. wiU treo to the pubUa SECOND EDITION. til ' Absolutely Pure A PiOSEEB RESIDENT Mrs. Sophia C. Carter Died This Morn ing at a Ripe Old: Age. FROM WEDNISDAT'S DAILY. f Mrs. Sophia C. fiartnr Mnar nf ttn late A. A. Carter, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. McHenry, Jefferson street, Putnam. Mrs. Carter was one of the pioneers of the county. Her childhood was Dasaed near t.hATnrilttn .aaMn..jM- . TT . T tC. l50IIUUU. Upper Sandusky, Wyandot countv, O. uuauauu were tne pioneer gardeners of the Muskingum valley. Beginning in a small way, thev catered to thn 7. at a time when almost every resident utilized the rear of his lot a - a kitchen garden; the industry and business ability of these then - rf- J-wwMiW UOU 4W reward in that they were Boon able to purcuBBe ana improve tne line garden iBi ui buuui oi tne city upon which tbey for eo many years Jived, the same which for thn last, unnl u been the summer home of Attorney J. Mrs. Carter was a eood christian 4UWMUU1 T woman, kind of heart, willing at all times to do any act of kindness to even the lowliest. While her death was not unexpected, aa she had antfnrA imm paralysis for several years, yet it will m oniein buuuk tu ner many irienas. She was 83 years old November 12. The funeral will talrn nlanA (mm t.h ma. r ,uv aence. No. 30 Jefferson street, at in o'clock Friday morning, i Interment at the family vault at Woodlawn. .. All APPALLIHC flEPORT. 600,000 Deaths in Cuba From Januaryx to October 1. 05E THIRD OF THE POPULATION. The Condition of the 8 tarring; Wretches la Unchanged Since the Advent of Blanco President McKinley Had These Facts Before Big Eyes When ' He Wrote His Message Even the Spanish Soldiers are . Starving;. New Yobk, Dec. 8. A Washing ton special to the Journal gives the gist of what is claimed to be the secret report received bv President McKinlev as to the actual situation in Cuba since the advent of Blanco. The report was made at the request of the d resident and was received bv him before he fin- I - Ished writing his message. f" - irLi:l -r. - I his paper, the Journal says, spates in absolute terms that the statistics of the mortality in the towns of Cienfue- gos, SaguaLa Grande,' Santa Clara, Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad, amount ed to 100,000 poor, unarmed' wretches, ho were starved to death. The nun:. ber ot those who have died in the is land since January 1, 1897, until Octo- Der 1 last, is given and reaches the ap- DaUine-total Of fiOO.OOOnr mnm th.- one-third of what the population was when the rebellion began. . The report shows that the condition of the starving wretches on the island is unchanged, that alt.hiKirh Ttin has ordered the distribution of rations, nis omcers are powerless as there is no food to give them. -Even the Span. lsn soldiers themselves are starving. Information la a an onnt.afniul in tho document that the Cubans have an effective force in the field of 22,000 men, while the Spanish force in the field does not exceed 60,000. The Cubans admit a loss of 10,000 men by wounds and disease since the beeinnintr - of hostilities, and thn inan nf tho lards is put at close to 100,000 men. O THE COCBTS. Happenings In and About Muskingum's Temple of Justice. FROM WSOKSSDAT'S DAILY. Licensed tn airnd Hsnri Offtiril and Clara Bothner. Alice M. Snider has annlind tn thn nrobate court to b annotntnil admin. Istratrix other late husband's estate. The last will nf the lata John P. Frederick waa filed with the nrnhabn court last evening. The wife is the sole benenciary. Tvi tltA MB. PflllA. I VB Tlltf-Ml fn. $3,000 damages for false imprisonment, the defendant, by his attorneys, Mc ienry ana u iNeai, naa niea an answer denying the material allegations of olalntlff'a netitlon and sittintr nn coun ter claims. Newton C. Smith, bv his attrtrnnva. McHenry & O'Neal, has instituted di- Olive Smith, on the grounds that a 21- year-oia neignrjor, JNeison Lewis,nas been too attentive to his better half. Mr. Smith and vnunir Iw1b havn hnnn on the outs for some time, and yesterday the former was bound over to probate court from Squire Grlffie's court on an affidavit ch&rtrlns- him with naiv rying concealed weapons. In this case ue wis was tne prosecuting witness. Oa the VYrsBg Track. ntOM WIDSE8DAT S DAH.T." Whlln VrnA Pnllnr-b , waa ajn4ln party last evening at the residence of John Wilson, near Bridgeville, it was for a time thought that some one had stolen his buggy and successfully made away with it. It was shortly before midnight that Mr. Pollock decided to 1 1 . . leave mr uome anu wnen ae went to the spot where he had hitched the an imai ne was surprised to una that it araa o-nnn. An ATsminstinn j4i&lu.A the fact that the horse had not broken loose ana 11 was concluded that some one had stolen the outfit A messenger was instantly dispatched to the residence of W. H. Slack, the well known butcher who Uvea on the East pike, and tha nnllna rjnadnnartnn communicated with by telephone, and a roui . vi iw ujDm was maae to tnem. The animal was a fine bay in color and it was nitcnea to a piano box top buggy oearly new. The search tor tha mlsssing rig waa kept up all night by mr, jTuiiuua ana nis trienas, and early this morning the outfit was found on the Adamsville road, about two-miles iron tne ronocK Homestead. The hitch strap bad became loosened and the horse started for home, but bad pursued the wrong road and h.i kept on going until it became entangled in a fence. Money W til New Talk. vTASUDfGTON, D-?c. T.rion. n. D. Money waa sworn, ia, today ts senatcr troai.tUciH'-rpl. T 1

VOL. XXXIV.-INO. 32. Czar Reed is once more holding the American eagie by the tail feathers. The agony is bow on the Cwjot- aional Biconi ha resumed publication fx l V r,wr.SAn-. 1 1- . . "f.pDu liovixig spoicen, now let the Spanish butchers proceed with their bloody -work. ' IESTEKUay we gave a full abstract of the president's message. For the ucuoubui w( reaucrs , i.-o de-ilre to picscrvo mo wucumect wo give the complete txt today. . If there be any difference in the opinions of McKinley and Cleveland on the subjects of finance, Cuba and civil service, it cannot bo detected by a com parlson of their messages. The epidemic of measles at the Mound street school at Columbus has been occasioned, It is claimed, by the school children being obliged to exchange slate and lead pencil?. with the message for It follows him eXaCtlV in thfl miltWr nt !nUi-not.!nnl arbitration, civil service reform, financial policy, Cuban policy, fur seal treaties, merchant marine, etc.. etc. President Diaz ot the Iiepubhc of Mexico has invited William J. Bryan to be his guest while In tho City of Mexico. Diaz was also a great friend Of General Grant and entertained that distinguished American on several occasions.Gov. DiiADLEY should call out the troops to quell the disturbance in Kentucky growing nu: of ltd dispute a to which fair uauael shall have the hon or of breaking a bottle of Bourbon whisky over the prow of that newman-of-war. Fkom. the latest pension figures the New York World calculates that one in every seventy-five of our population is now on the pension roll. "Tnat is to say .of every fourteen families in the United States one family Is partially or wholly supported by the government." The president, while showing his desire to go slow and be absolutely r-gtit before going . ahead too far, does cot take the staGd the great majority of the people would have iiked h'rn to take toward SDaln.- Courier. Well, hardly; but he succeeds in pleasing Wall street and what more could you ask? James II. Carxaha.v, of Indianapolis, major general commanding U. R. K. of P., is preparing an order for the election of a brigadier commander of the Ohio jurisdiction to select a successor of the late General James C. Howe, of Kenton, O., who died November 1. The date of the election has been fixed for January 10. That the trust and monopoly tariff bill passed last summer has resulted in a deficit of S;W.00O,000r--mofr,,1e?5: that It has failed to raise revenue for anybody but the "protected" people and that, as a fiscal measure, It has accomplished nothing beyond raising the price of everything in the country, except wasres, Is admitted by the Washington Tmws. Read in another column the Republican state librarian's opinion of the president's Cubau policy. The editor of the Zanesville Omrier is a member of the state library board and is re sponsible for the election of Mr. Gal-breath, It is suongiy suspected that the said editor's vie vs on this subject, privately expressed, would coincide with those of Librarian Gaibreath. It was the decision of tho supreme court of ltltnoU confirming Judge Tuloy's decision in tho case against Marshall Field JtCo., who had constructed passageways over an alley under authority of a permission from the common council, that the council has no authority to give any private party privileges under the earth or above .the earth in public property. Such use as was authorized for public ground must b entirely for a public purpose. Many Republicans will be disap- pointed in the president's message. In the face of the pledge of the St. Louis platform, he opposes Cuban independence; be practically advises the destruction of the greenbacks; he would give the control of the circulating medium entirely to the national banks; he still clings to the Buotian subterfuge of international bimetallism; he promises to uphold and extend civil service reform. There is a large percentage of the Republican party that cannot , agree with the president on any of these questions, but Wall street will be delighted with his recommendations and Wall street appears to be supreme. State Treasures S. B.'C aaipuell says the estimate of the probable expenses of the state institutions as the , are now being filed with the state auditor, indicate that there iato be a gen eral raid upon the state treasury this winter to get some of the surplus funds there now, as the rtsult of the failure to proceed with the improvements of the state capitol. The last legislature appropriated 1400,000 for this work, part Of which is now in the state treasury, and the rest will soon be. The Institutions' managements seem to think there is a great golden opportunity now to get seme of these unused funds and nnless the finance committee has a stiff backbone and opposes the raid with vigor, they will soon be gone. Mark the difference between the independence and patriotism of the Democratic press and the crouching servility of the goldbug presB. When a Democratic president disappointed the expectations of the people and refused to champion the patriots of Cuba, the Democratic cew-fiap"rs almost unanimously denounced him. But when a Republican president pursues exactly the same course as theDemoeratlc pres ident arid crawls even more servilely at the feet of the Spanish tyrant, the Republican press is afraid tossy h im nay. The Republican, newspapers, that denounced Cleveland for not recognizing Cuban belligerency, now fawns upon McKinley and say he is doing right in doing what Cleveland did:' "Thekiijg can do no wron," is the motto of the tnoufet-o poidbusr l!cpitUe organ. Caldwell's tax levy for the ensuing year is $3 15 on every hundred dollar valuation. COSHOCTON'S tax levy for the ensu ing year is $:t 15 on the hundred col lars of valuation. iHE SsKiNAL presents its readars to day a timely historical article from the pen of Col. W. A. Taylor. v.o.v,kkjs wn: cow osstract the at tention of the student of the morbid fi-om the Luetgert trial and Banna's campaign for senator. t Oil AKEii has bobbed up from the box in which Mark Hanna ha? him fastened, iong enough to say that he does net agree with the president as to Cuba. While speaking of the failure of the Dingley tariff law to raise enough revenue, don't forget that it has also fatied to raise something else wages, fi.r instance. Harper's .. Weekly insists that Hanna should be defeated because he is a bad man. Still ILtrper's Wully thought him great and good when he was collecting a corruption fund with which to bribe voters something over a year ago to "save the nation's honor." A case has gone to the supreme court to test the right of boards of education to elect teachers and super intendents for more than one year. It is needless to say that the decision will depend upon the politics of the interested members of the board of education.If Marquis De La Fayette had lived under the rule of a McKinley at the time of our Revolutionary war, he would not have been permiited to as sist the insurgents In freeing themselves from the English King and to day this country would have been a mere colony of Great Britain, Have you noticed that the United spates bonds continue to ascend in valut? Isn't it a strange commentary on the boasted claims of prosperity? Capitalists still find It more profitable to invest in evidences of indebtedness t';in ia hgititnate bashu-si pursuits. G -jld is king. Ill fares the land lo hastening Ills a pri-y. Where wealth accumulates and men aecy,, When a president of the United States feels impelled to devote a large part of his annual message to defend ing a cruel desootism in its butcher at tempts to conquer the struggling pa triots of a little republic, it is about time thai the name of Benedict Arnold be substituted for that of Georare Washington in the histories read by the school children. The railroads are now telling th Inter-State ; Commerce cornmisslouere that times are 60 bad and prosperity, so 1. slow that they are unable to obey the law requiring them to equip their cars with brake and couplings to prevent the loss of life to brakemen. It seems that all the prosperity in this country appears in Republican organs. But is the poverty of the railroads an excuse for the violation of this Ian? The George B. Cox gang that now comprise the supreme court of Onio have never decided a case yet, where they did not decide it according to their partisan prejudices if they could oossibly discover some question of partisanship in the case. The decisions of the present supreme court of Ohio have no weight in other courts and the members are a disgrace to the state. The latest instance of their subserviency to Geo B. Cox ia the decision rendered yesterday against Judge Erm3ton, appointed police prosecutor of Cincinnati by Mayor Tafel. This decision was deemed necessary to save the Cox gang from prosecution and the penitentiary. But may be it won't be able to do so after all., BUSHNELL'S RfcBUKE. If Bushnell were president he would have thrilled the American heart last Monday by sending a message to congress that sympathized with Cub, and inspired respect for the courage of this republic. . In advance of the publication of the president's message Governor Bushnell last Saturday expressed his views of the Cuban situation and his anticipation of the president's attitude in re-spec;, to it to the Columbu3 1'ress. The interview was correctly reported Saturday evening, as follows: The governor was asked if he favored granting tbe people of Cuba belligerent's right at once. He said: "I curtaimy do. Thay have earned it bv a heroic struesde nf three vpars. Snain with her 225,0u0 soldiers has not been able to subdue the revolution in a single province of the island. Why should not the Cubans have belligerent rights?",.- ..- , "Complaint is made that our government, in dealing with filibustering expeditions, doesnot.fulfl.il her obligations to Spain," "II recent reports are correct, our government has pent over $2,000,000 in patrolling the coast in the Interest of Spain. A number of our vessels are now employed in that service. Our people look upon this work with considerable impatience: and every time a vessel evades the cruisers their hearts are full of joy." "Governor, what do you thick of the recent promises of autonomy to the is land?" "Well," said the governor, " I think that promises of autonomy are not very 'recent.' From the little that I have read of Cuban history, Spain has Deen noiaing out promises of autonomy to the island for'lo, these many vears ' Upon such a promise the Cubans were induced to lay down their arms in the ten years' war. Later, when Camuos was embarrassed, Spain beean to talk autonomy. When Mchimev was in augurated, the dons were again frigbt- ened and tne Uacovas ministry offered autonomy on the point of Weyler's sworu. iiiis was prooaDiy to tntiu enco public opinion in America. In the meantime, starvation, rapine and muraer continue on tne island." uovernor, you aro regarded as a business maa, and the interests of this country are considered favorable to a pacific policy." . "We want no war. The granting of belligeruntrigbts need not bring war I aaxea most heartily with Senator Fora-fcer, however, in his. recent da laration, 'If the discharge of our duty should result in war with Spain, we should not shrink from it. . Yoa cannot conduct a great government according to a Wall street ticker,. Tb.3 demand o! nsorsU- ty, conscience and patriotism are more imperious than tr-Oft- r-f commerce They can not De stilled: tliey must be heard.'" "What )g your view thin, briefly, of the duty of our government" "Give the Cubans belligerent risrhts atonee. Intervene afterward, if neces sary, to put an erd to a war that d graces civilization.". "What do you think of the president's probable attitade in his forth coming message V" "I thiok that our president will not disappoint trie patriotic expectations oi tne country." The y'rxs says that now that the message, regarding which such great expectations were entertained, ti as-been delivered, to the utter humiliation and abasement of the American people, and in contempt of their most solemn and ccerished hopes, Ohioans have nothing left except to thank God that their governor, at least, has no sympathy with the miserable terms of tnat oocument and no share in the re sponsibilities which thev entail. Although the president o'f the United States outraged public opinion, the governor of Ohio stands true. JiPKE8Y.. LOCK. Pergonal Paragraphs A New Barber Shop Got the Grip. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. I vers, of Mcflnn- netsvUle, who were the guests of Mc-Eihisevs a few davs. rntnrnpn1 tj. thoir. home Monday. Frank Anderson has opened a barber shop at Eagleport. - Wiii Greer and brother returred home Saturday after several davs' visit who relatives near High Hill. WUmer Menser and w1f visitor! fha latter's parents, Sunday. iwuu ia suuenng who. tne griD. HOPE AND COMFORT Beamed From President Mc. Kinley's Face E1? TOLD HIS MOTHEB LIVED. Arrived in Ct at 8:33 Thin ttorniue and Had the 5aMf aoi ion of Belug Recognized by Bis Kylngr itttherT!ie Venerable Lady Then Relapwl Into Uncon-sciotigness.Canton, O., Dec. T. President Mc Kinley arrived by a special train over tne Pennsylvania road at 8:55 this morning. His face showed signs of hope and comfort when he was told thaf. his mother was still alive and resting in sweet repose. He was rapidly whirled to her residence and was again at her bedside. President McKinley had the satisfaction of being recognized by his dying mother. When he advanced to her bedside, Miss Helen McKinley said: "Mother, here are William and Ida." As the words fell on her ears, the dear old eyes, already dimmed with the approach of death, opened and gazed up at him. As he knelt by her bed, she extended one arm and placed it around his neck as she had so often done in the days now gone. As she drew him down to her witb. almost imperceptible pressure, the president leaned over and Kissed ber. . . . .- Aft'tir gai.idg at hitnRhKv"for Tmn- ment she recognized bis wife by a pressure of the hand. She also gave signs that she recognized her granddaughter, Miss Mabel McKinley, who had accompanied the party from Washington. She shortly relapsed into the same state of seml-unconsclousness. ADAMSVILLE- A Wedding and an Accident-Lodge Officer Elected-Brief. The annual Farmers' institute will be held here in the town hall December and :!!. Good speakers will be present among whom are Professors E. C. Thorne, of Wooster, and D. W. Bur-kett, of Columbus. At the election of Delphian lodge, K. of P. held Monday night the following ofli:ers were elected: C. C , W. C. Hanks. V. C, R, B, Bainter; prelate, B. N. Jones; M. of W., R. F. Buker; K of R, and S., J. L Rechel; M. of F., K. H. King; M. of E,, H. B. Smith: M. A., G E. Rossj. trustee, M. F. Tomlin-son; representative, J. P Arnold; alternate. L. Browning. Last . Thursday was tbe s. ene of a very pleasant gathering at the home of Mr. and Mr3. J. H. Bainter, east of town, at which time their oldest daughter, Miss Dora, was united in marriage to Mr. C. B. Bell, the onlv son of Squire G. W. Boil, of Adams township. Tne ceremony took place at high noon in the presence of about forty invited guests and was Derformed by their pastor, Rev. H. H. Bachman. The contracting parties are two of our best and most popular young people and they have a host of friends who will join the writer in wishing them a iong life of happiness. The Adamsville corn9t, bapd was present in the evening and furnished some excellent music. They were also treated to an old-fashioned serenade, at which time Leroy Shroyer accidentally discharged a pistol. The ball penetrated the hand, passing entirely through and breaking one of the metacarpal bones, Miss Minnie Blood, of Kansas, 111:, Is the guest of Mrs. C. A. Arnold and other relatives in town. Marcus Love, of Plainfield, was in town on business last week. Mrs. Mary Barnell; of Zanesville, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Anna Prince, Adams street. Miss Mary Fell is visitinc friends in Zanesville. Eureka grange. No. 1241. P. of H.. at a recent meeting elected the following oCioers: Master, Hi H. Garrett: over- seer, J. H. Bainter; lecturer, C. B. Bell; steward, Wm. Aler; assistant steward, J. W. Vensel; chaplain. R. S. Beers; treasurer, G. W. Slater; secretary, W. E. Bell; gate keeper, H. L. Steele; Ceres, Mrs, Tillie Garrett; Pomona, Mrs. Maggie Aler; Flora, Mrs. Dora Bell: lady assistant steward, Miss Delia Stum. The many friends of Miss Marv Bain- tor, who has been in Cincinnati "for the past three months undergoing treatment for her eyes, will -be glad to learn that she is fast imorovinsr and will be able to save both eves. She will probably be so far recovered as to De aoie to return home by Christmas. J. W, Elsea, countv secretary of tho P. of L's, attended the state meeting of that order at Coshocton, last week. Mrs. John Slater, of Zanesville, returned to her home-Monday after a Driel visit wltn relatives here. Spanixh ltntclies'9 Pleaacd, Madrid, Dee. H The message of I 'resident McKinley to congress pleas antly surprised a majority of the Spaniards. They hardly expected so mucn approval of Spain's Cuban policy. or a recognition of her right to the necessary time to carrv out the colon ial reforms. The prevalent impression is that President Mchinle's attitude is practically even more favorable than was. President Grant's on the occasion of trio former itiourrection. VI lieat Wl.Ol. Chicago, Dec. 8. December wheat passed the dollar mark on tho Chicago board of trade today. Heavy buying by shorts was responsible Tor the rise. Tbe market opened y'.t; fel! to 6, but it soon advanced to $1.01, later break-teg half ft cant, ZAXESYII.I.E. OHIO, TI1U11SDAV, DECEMBER ft. THE87TH ANNIVERSARY Of the Inauguration of a Governor at Zanesville. THE 0E1E5I05T TOOK PLACE On the K.ar! .-,.,t Where Our Mm. Hire tourt. WihupSuh Mm!s.l Jasilrt of the Pence f Zanesville Twnh!Ad-liiiiii-nred the li of O l!U- Governor !Iei);' Inaugural AddressHe Wa a lelTcrn!l;iTi lem-rat. FHOM WEIISKSDAY'S DAM.T. Today Ecatss one, o! the tvo most important events in the early history of the city of Zanesville. Tte eighty-seventh anniversary of the inauguration of Return Jonathan Meiga as governor of the state of Ohio, he being the fourth chief magistrate, in the order of succession, albeit he was entitled to rank secoi d in that honor. - The jjmigii.-at.uui tc.lf plwftflmthr: exact spot where our massive court' house now stands, ia the building torn down tu make room for it, and tbe mural tablet of which graces the portico of the present building. The old building torn away was, in its day, the largest, most convenient, best equip ped and most imposing public edifice west of the Ai'eghenies. The preceding important event of lo cal history occurred on MondayDe--cember 3, 1SI0, when the temporary seat of government for Ohio was for mally etabhih-jd here by .the organization of the two houses of the' legist ture. The senate organized by electing Thomas Kirker, of Adams, former acting governor, as speaker; Carlos A. i Morton, clerk, and Edward Sherlock,' doorkeeper. . 5 . The house organized by electing Ed ward Tiffin, the first governor of the tate and a former U. S. senator, as speaker; Ralph Osborn, clerk,' and I Adam Betz, as doorkeeper. The eatii of allegiance was admlnis-i ten d to the senate ra, representatives and officers of the two houses, by Sam-5 uel Thompson, E-q., a justice of the peace for Zanesville township, Mus-i kingum county. The tvo hcises mrn In joint a if em-' bly in the hall of representatives at 11 o'clock a. m , on the (ith of Decern- ' ber to canvass the returns of the election held on the second Tuesday I October preceding, and declare the result. . An inspection of the returns showed that Return Jonathan Meigs, jr , of Washington county, had received 9,9:14 votes and Thomas Worth ingtoq, of Ross, 7,7;1: the total vote being 13.605, and Meig' majority being 2,193. He was iiceordingly declared elected. Muskingum cast 810 votes at the election, of which Meigs received 74 and Wotthiugton 26. :Th.jv&a.it&Jargai proportional vote cast for Meigs by any county in the state, except Athens ' At 12 o'clock noon of the 8th of December Governor Meigs appeared in the ball of representatives in the presence of both branches of the legis lature, took tbe required vote of office and delivered the following inaugural address: Gentlemen of the Senate and Hnso of B p- resentauves: "lmprested with a deep sense of the trust reposed in rue by tho voice of my fellow citizens, and duly affected by the obligation so recently administered, I shail hope, in the discharge of the duties devolved on me, to justify tbit confidence with which I am hon ored, and receive your indulgence while performing the tirst act of offi vial duty. "In surveying, gentlemen, the situa tion of our young republic, as well by itself as iu its federative relations, tbere are (mingled with some reerets) causes of general satisfaction, and such 1 an, in this crisis of the world, are con solatory to the best hopes of our coun try. .: I While tbe inhabitants of the other 1 hemisphere are affoiiizinff under tbe desolating calamities of war. exhibit ing a spectacle ot tragic misery, froii' wnicn tne eye of humaimv averts with commiseration, our beloved country enjoys the benefactions of peace. liuring tne world convulsintr eon-: tests for power and predominance, and amid the wreck of nations, we remain governed by institutions emanating from our own choice and founded on the broadest basis of human rights and political freedom. Our government is not seoarate from the people. The solid srlorv of a nation is the happiness of its citizens, and tbat happiness is ttie subliment ob ject of the social compact the design anu ena or a:i its labors. "Animated by such principles, the governrrect of the United States, tress ed by belhgerent outrage, has, with undevianng moderation, pursued in its foreign relations, a course of measures just, neutral and pacific. This conduct has not met with its merited reciprocity. Hieh expectations are however entertained, that the warring powers win soon nave renounced their novel system of retaliatory warfare, so injurious to the rights of neutr&is, and abandon pretensions as abhorrent to justice, as unwarranted by the code of UU1UBB, But it vet remains to he Irnnwn whether these expectations are falla cious and illusory, or we are again to experience a deceptive diplomatic de lusion, or to oon ia a commerce too long harrassed and despoiled, once more restored to its proper and unvio-lated operations. The unjust restrictions and forcible! inhibitions to a law- iui commerce, although wrouutiveof some privations, have "led our citizens to manufacturing enterprise, and to a development and use of our own resources contributory to the real independence of our country. "Attached, as we are, to the confederation, by ties of icdiissolublo policy, and identified with ail in dearest in terests, our strength is our union: To cultivate sentiments of union is then a duty, and worthy of being cherished with a holy zeal, cowtUionsuraU) to the importance of national independence. "The jealousy which prompts to Investigation, and that confidence in puDiic functionaries which enables them to act, are both qualities neces sary in a republican government. "Jjet us then accord to the guardians! of the natioual weal, a due reliance on i their wisdom, with a solemn determin-1 atlon on our part to meet, unappallcd, and with all our energies, whatever shall invade the essential rights, or menace the tra qulllity of the state. "Turning then, gentlemen to our local concerns, wo view tho state presenting an aspoct flattering to its citizens, and inviting to others. Improvements in progress tho hardy hand of Industry reclaims the divert the wilderness blossoms, and the once solitary place became gladdened with culture. A soil various and fertile, and a oil mat s mild and salubrious, attract to us a continual stream of migration-. and is U beHoved, thai at dq former period ba the aeceesslou of inhabitants been surpassed. "Ia a;! the numerous and diversified occupations of life, as apeople we have ample caus? for general felicitation. teace has rested on our borders health has bunt in our habitations. The spring time and the harvest have been blessed: the husbandman has reaped the rewards of diligence, and the whole year hns br-en crowned with a profusion ci favor and goodness. VTit&aii toese varied blessings accu-mu;dttd upon us, e should "be unworthy of their devotion, were we not to render the h'-mace of an clevatod gratitude to the great dispenser of beneficence. "The constitution of tbe ftati ha wisely dtciared. that 'religion, morality &cd knowleOtri" boing es-entiallv necessary to a good government, and the happiness ol mankind, schools and the means of io-truction shall fo'-ever beencourased bv iepi:ative provision.1 "Correct educar.iou is the auxi'ary Of virtue. Moral .-i-ieiK-e wi'i exalt ihe mines while ignorance, the badge of mental :-;avery, onases it. "Where the structure of government rests on puoiic opinioo, knowledge is of vital interest. Public opinion, to be correct, must be enlightened: and the culture of the understanding is the preserver of republican principles, Maa informed of his political rights, becomes reluctant to renounce them. Tyrants govern the Ignorant. Intelligence alone is capable ofself-government. "Rasnect for religion, purity of morals and love of country, comprUe the substance of civic obligations. "As with individuals, so It is with Bations, that vice is the precursor of ruin: and taken in its extensive sense, it is permanently true, that 'Righteousness exalteth a cation.' 'Public excellence ascends from domestic purity; and just principles, extending from families to communities, enlarge the sphere of utility, and gives to pauiotism its proudtst devotion. J,A fervent attachment to our country aud its free inst.tutions. is a principle of predominant obligation. Foreign influences is the harbinger of destruction to statps that arf " free. It was the eold dividing influence of Maeedon, which demolished the fairest temples of Grecian freedom; and Rome saw. in the corruption of her citizens, her liberties entombed forever. With us, ,ere every good citizen to cast his mite into the stock Of public virtue, the fund would be inexhaustible."Happily for us our state is endowed with liberal grants and reservations of lacd for the use of schools and universities, and we should be uniaithfui to ouracives aud unjust to posterity, were we to fail to reguiate them in a manner most bn! Uciat to their io.o: tant objects. Our schools and academies are advancing in improvement and promise to sanction the hopes entertained of their utility. "It is established that for national defence our chief reliance is placed in the militia. This principle, so long familiar, is Interwoven in the texture of our government, and best comports with the genius of its character; and to justify such reliance the militia ought in organization, arms and discipline, to be as complete as our situation willadmit.- And ocherc any improvements can be made in our militia, they will always be objects worthy of legislative attention. "This subject praties with annual solicitude, when we view the warlike aii-tJidSTwfcicr the weridxMbivatid when we behold the revolutionary vet erans of discipline, experience and heroism, fast passing off tee theatre of all their exploits. "During the last session of congress a bill passei the senate providing for laying out (at the expense of the United Statee) a road from the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to the western line of the Connecticut Reserve, aud a road from Lower Sandusky to run southwardly to the boundary line established by the treaty of Greenville. The bill remains unacted on in the house of representatives. Upon the application of a road to run from Ft. Laramie to Lake Erie nothing was done as the bill just mentioned had not met its decision. "To procure an cxtm;uihracnt of the Indian title to lands lying within the boundaries of the state, as well as to ascertain those boundaries, our delegation in congress made a" formal and written application to the execu tive department of tbe general government. Owing to various causes, as welt as to the consiueration that the times were not propitious to these undertakings, no measures have yet been adopted for the accomplishment of those objects which are so desirable to the state. 1 "Serious injuries and much inconven ience accrue to our citizens by'a tardy promulgation of the laws". Those rights are affected, the rules of civil conduct, as prescribed, are unknown: long after the laws are declared to be in force. The necessity of an early dis tribution of such laws as you may pass, is too palpable not to engage vour con sideration at an early period. Perma nence, certainty and uniformity are among the attributes of a good government. Fluctuations of indecision and changes of legislative construction of the constitution, argue an instability unfavorable to tho character of our institutions, which in their nature are designed to be permanent "In the creation of such laws as shall be deemed useful, in the repealing of such as may be found to be defective, and In selecting to oQice, men capable and worthy; and In providing for the prosperity and happiness of your constituent!!; you, gentlemen, will find employments of a dignified nature, which are solemnly confided to your deliberations and wisdom. "Man is imperfeet-the wisest may err the most honest will, sometimes differ in opinion; and yet, much of the inconvenience flowing from that difference may be diminished, if to the practice of candor be added that spirit of liberality which conciliates, without dereliction of principle, and rejects at the same time, that asperity of animadversion so adverse to political harmony. "The ample and recent communications which you have received from my predecessor, render any further occupation of your time unnecessary. "That all your legislative transactions may conduce to the welfare of your constituents is my slncerestdesire: and whatever aid I can, at anytime afford, shall yielded with a cheerfulness, excited by duty and prompted by inclination " In patriotic eloquence, in diction, in lofty sentiment and in simplicity of language, this message taites rack with any state paper of ancient or modern limes. It is one of the classics of po litical literature, it not only Harmonized with tbe environments of that day, when the young republic was bect with dangers both without and within, but will' serve aa a model for genera tions of chief magistrates yet to come in nations unborn. Governor Meigs was a disciple of Jetfcrson, the founder of tho true Re- pubi lean-Democratic faith, bv and un der the tenets of which tho Republic can alone be perpetuated In spirit as well as in name. The collisions of party did not then blunt the patriotism of rum who roo to position bv tho un bought suftrsge of a free people, ieal ous of their rights and liberths, but rather exalted and inspired it. No "Corrupt Practices Act" was nec essary then to aid the people in delivering a righteous and patriotic verdict for every bosom was the citadel of honesty and the state and nation's honor, because! men held oHlcs thea as palUo dutjffcnd Aid cot iret It at 1 1S97. private convenience If every citizen of Muskingum county and tne state will accept the noble sentiments of this address as his guide when next he goes to the poils, no corruptionist will be cotrjmisPioned to put on the habila- ments ot othca. Immediately before delivering the iiM-rfzuiuir uovernnr Meigs resigned IB to the hands of his predecessor, finv Samuel Huntington, his commission as United States senator, to which posi- vjuu utj jjbu neen elected two years previously. Thomas Worthington was cit-crt-ii wi succeed mm. DiftVrent iceas as to the honor conferred by a public office seem to have prevailed in the early days. Edward Tiffin, who was speaker of thn hnuaa in 1.S10-1811, resigned the position of Uni- ieu o-.aies senator in 1809, that he might enter the popular branch of the vl,lo iegis.iatu.re. believing that he could serve his statij. and people better iu me latwr position. o, too. Governor Meieu laid aside the senatorial toga to fill the less exalted position of governor To neither of t.hom the honors of official position a daz zling attraction. Governor Meigs was a candidate for governor in iUi.and received 6050 votes to 4757 for Nathaniel Masaie.Thn h Ansa and senhte failed to agree as to declaring the reeult, and the election was contested on the ground that Meigs had not been an "inhabitant" of Ohio for four year? imms diately preceding the election, as the constitution reouired. As a matter of fact he had been ab sent eleven months la Louisiana, be' tween 1304 and 1807, on colonial business for Ohio and the United States, while his family resided at Marietta. But a majority of the two houses declared him ineligible, and Speaker Thomas Kirker became acting governor.The same legislature elected him a supreme judge, and the next one sent him to the United States senate. In 1812 he was re-elected governor. W. A. T. ALLtH OPENS THE BALL Offered, a Resolution That Con-gress Should Recognize THE INDEPENDENCE OP CUBA. Declared That Be Would Sot be Satis-lied With a Simple Acknowledgement f Belligerent Klelita Ready to Cast His Tote for Cuban Liberty at Any Moment.Washington, Dec. 8. -In the senate todty the chaplain in his opening prayer eulogized the late Senator George, of Mississippi, as "a man, true, just, upright, unwearied in labor and stainless in office." ' ' Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By Mr. Hawley (Rep., Conn.) for two additional regiments of artillery. By Mr. Galliflger (Rep,, N. H.) regulating and defining the civil service of the United States. Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the senate that "congress should, with all due and convenient speed, acknowledge, by appropriate act. the political feeefndencirtf the rtrpuiUMvfe, and he addressed the senate in its support.He declared that he would not be content or satisfied with a simple acknowledgment of belligerent rights, but would demand absolute and unconditional political liberty. He was confident tbat the American people would not be contented with the course advised by the present administration as tbey were not witn the last administration. He was ready to case his vote for Cuban liberty at any moment; and he regretted "the : shilly shallying methods In dealing with that question employed by this powerful government."The resolution was referred to the committee on foreign relations and then at I p. m tho death of Representative Wright, ot Massachusetts, having been announced, the senate ad journed until tomorrow. . THE HOTJSE. Washington, Dee. 8. When today's session of the house began Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, moved and the house agreed that the committee on banking and currency be permitted to sit dnr- ng toe sessions of the house. This was pursuant to an order adopted bv the committee at its meeting this morning. Mr. w, A. Stone, of Pennsylvania. reported the pension appropriation bill and gave notice that he would call It up for consideration tomorrow. BEATEN TO DEATH By the Brothers of a Girl He Had Assault ed- Negro's Fate. Marion, Ind., Dee. 7 Miss Minnie Cunard, a white girl, 15-years-old, living in this city, went to the house of tne nearest neighbor, a colored family named Smith, oa an errand yesterday afternoon. None of the family was at home except a young man, Joseph Smith. When the girl came in the houso Smith assaulted her, but the girl succeeded in freeing herself from the black brute and ran home, screaming, while the negro fled. tier two brothers, Charles and Mil ton, started in pursuit. The negro ran across fields, and through woods for nve mnes ,Dut tne infuriated brothers kept close behind and finally captured him in a vacant house and beat him into insenstbilty and left him for dead. Some farmers took the negro to a farm- House and tried to revive Mm, but a re port just received says that be is dead. Miss uunard's throat shows the marks of Smith's fingers, but other wise she is uninjured. FOUL MURDER- A Man Who I,iv. d by Himself Killed and JKobhed and His House Borned. Willis, Tex , Dec. 7. News of a foul murder and robbery committed eighteen miles southwest of herein San Jacinto county, last Thursday night, reached hare yesterday. The victim was Henry Moody, a single man, who lived by himsetf, and the amount lost was $1,300, After the murder and robbery the house was burned to destroy all evi dence of the crime, but persona living near were attracted oy the ure and re covered the charred remains. Later the officers arrested a man who confessed tbe crime, implicating an ac complice. Tho man was carried to Houston lor sate keeping. Officers are still looking tor the accomplice. All concerned are white. Phoenix Elects Officers. ttlOM WEDNESDAY'S DAU.y. Phoenix lodge, No. 388, Knights of l?ythias, met in regular session last evening and elected officers as follows C. C, S. II. Flemra; V. C, W. S. Fraz- ier; prelate. C. E. Swingle; M. of W a. u. Matnews; m. or t'.,u. k, Uotlman K. of U. and S., Harry C. Piatt; M. of K., II. V. Willey; M. at A , F. S. Gates; member relief committee, H. P. Wll- ley; M. E., Dr. c. u. Hanna,; trustee, a. iit, vjiarv. xne election was a verv interesting one and a large number of tha brethren were in attendance The ranks of pace and knight will ba con erred at next Tuesday nlgfct'fi meeting, KILLED III THE RING. Walter Croots, the English Ban-tarn, Put to Sleep BY JIMMY BAEBY, OP 0H10A&0. ratal Ending of a Price Fight For the r autam Weight Championship of the World-A Terrific Right Bander on the -Jaw Does the Business for the English. ' man. London, Dee. 7. WalterCroots, the English bantam, died at 8:30 this morning. Croota was knocked out In the 20th round of his fight with Jimmy Barry, of Chicago, last niirht. at. t.hB National Sportine club arcm. - tvs blow was a terrific right hander on the jaw. Croow did not recover in the usual time, and the club men. Barrxr and others interested.became alarmed Croots was conveyed to. a private room in the elub house and rlnntnr summoned. They worked unceasing revive the vnnnu fiohtju. k their efforts were fruitln rvwe. died this morning without regaining vu.wlUuou3. 4.110 MUytUClBQH K1V6 lb as their opinion ihaiOj-nnt.a ha? . zooW heart and that thta n th rtimnt of death. : Barrv and fVnnl.a fraicrht faa kA i . tarn weight championship of the world. Thev were to ham fnno-hr. aammi weeks ago, but the sudden death of John Fleming, the manager of the National Sporting club, caused the fight to be postponed until last evening. Today Barry was arraigned in a police court together with six officials of the National Sporting club. All of the Prisoners .were rfemanrinrt. hut permitted to obtain bail. ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES To Try, Conylet and Sentence a Murder er Killed Rig Wife Saturday Night. Raleigh. S. C Dee. 7 Srmiu n van moonshiner, thief and gambler, murdered his wife Saturday night at Greensboro. He was closelv guarded In iail. Yesterday th nnlioo mm called on by the sheriff with news that a juuu was auvancmg on tne jail. Tne lynchers arrived and demanded admission. Thev were charimd ho t.hn nnlfno and deputies and fled. v-uri met ana Kyan pleaded guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of guilty, and the judge sen- bouceu xyyan m 09 nangea uecember 17. From the time he was arraigned to the passing of the sentence was only fifteeen minutes. COt. DICK LINGERS. Afraid te Leave the Check Writine to Legs Experienced Han U. Cleveland, o.. iJei. 7 r.nt ras. les Dick. Senator Ffanna'a mansirai. did not accompany bis chief to Wash- j.ugvuu, snuuugu ub nauintenaea to ao so. He will orobablv not pa to Wants. ineton until tha Bnna.t.nri&l is ueuniteiy settiea. it is ciaimea tnat senator Hanna feared that if he anil hla linntanant both left the state the anti-Hannaites , - iu ijcuKjug euujujeub ui the. legislators to prevent his election. The Han n A nebnlk"5f.TIT".la.irn fifruin majority on joint ballot. Colonel Dick will look after developments and said today he did not know how long he would remain In the city. Chicago Markets. Corrected dally by F, C. Slagle, the broker: Open Hieh Low Close Wheat Mav. ....-...- fiQV ' ai eaa ortiz dUiV . ........ 1 K? . K - - - - . - - ; -.' I 83 28 22 21 Uorn May... ..28 28 28 July--;-- .......25 25 25 Oat8-Mll.V 9(5U 99Lf JolJ -. '. SIX 21 . PBOVISIOS MABKET. Corrected daily by Edwards & Hoyt: Pork-May.... .........847 18.50 18.42 Januarv 89S bw a on (8.45 8.3 i.ii Lard May.... .. ...... 440 4!42 4.40 January 4.25 4 25 4.25 4.25 KIDS-May 4.32 4.82 4.27 4.S0 January . 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 East Liberty Live Stock. East Liberty, Dec. 8. Cattle -firm: nriirm ti.1r7M R.V $3.253 60; feeders 1.004 50; veal calves I5.507. flogs market slow at Monday's prices. Sheep and Lambs sheep steady; Choice 9A KIYM fin- nnmmnn A IWTJiQ ftft. choice lambs $5.755 90: common to Glycerine Explosion. FOSTOR1A. O.. Deo. 7 An oinlnainn in the mixinc room of the Amnrir-an Glycerine Company factory, east of Bradder, this morning blew Daniel Laren, of Findlay, to fragments and uBsu-uyeu bue uuuuing. a storenouse near by containing a large amount of glycerine was not injured. Cotton Mill shut Down. WOONSOOKRT. R. T.. Den 7 ThA Rav Cotton Com nan v mill hnn hnt down for an indefinite period. The cause of the shut down Is the unsatis factory condition of the market. The mill employed 300 hands. Aii Quiet Again. Berlin, Dec. 8. Diplomatic rela- tlocs between Germany and Haytl have been resumed by the German charge d'affairs at Port Au Prince. Some more Officers. At last evpnlnc's meeting- of Hazlutt post No. 81, G. A. R., the annual election of officers was held, resulting as follows: Post commander, George H. Plavford: senior vice president. Charles G. Anderson; junior vice, A. D. Launder; chaplain, James T. Story; quartermaster, W. S. Maxwell; surgeon, Wil liam a. nevitt; omcer 01 tne a ay, William Tharo: officer of the puard. David Campbell; delegates to state encamp ment, W. E. Atwell and A. Clarkson: alternates, A. D. Launder, George W. Beardsley. The officers-elect will be installed at the first recular mnntinr tn January. KklFER Cattle Moved Visitor. Purchased Back Again M. Vanilnnriarlr. nf 7anABvlllA m. here last week and purchased some fine cattle. Ellsworth Crawford moved frnm South Zanesville to the Geo. Baker property here last week. Georce Osborn waa In 7.anaa,llla Friday. Mrs. JNora Hamilton, of Wllhelm Station, was here the guest of ber mother, Mrs. Mary J. Smith. Mondav. Dr. O. B. Crumbaker and wife, of Duncan Falls, visited at Lewis Echel- berry's Monday. Will and Robert Harlan h ava ra turned from Springfield where thev nave oeen ror tne past lew weeKs. Messrs. John Hartman and Harry Forsythe, of Duncan Falls, visited frlAnria hKi Rnnjav - Miss Ktna McLeen has returned to her home at this place after spending a few weens witn relatives in zanesville. Rav W. TT. TannahllV nf T1hani41. - k.v.. ... - WMUV. IOI O' villa, will 1 pc turn at thn Putnam byterlan Sunday school ball tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Young People's society ot the church. His subject will ba "Our Sahhath Tbe lecture. wiU treo to the pubUa SECOND EDITION. til ' Absolutely Pure A PiOSEEB RESIDENT Mrs. Sophia C. Carter Died This Morn ing at a Ripe Old: Age. FROM WEDNISDAT'S DAILY. f Mrs. Sophia C. fiartnr Mnar nf ttn late A. A. Carter, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. McHenry, Jefferson street, Putnam. Mrs. Carter was one of the pioneers of the county. Her childhood was Dasaed near t.hATnrilttn .aaMn..jM- . TT . T tC. l50IIUUU. Upper Sandusky, Wyandot countv, O. uuauauu were tne pioneer gardeners of the Muskingum valley. Beginning in a small way, thev catered to thn 7. at a time when almost every resident utilized the rear of his lot a - a kitchen garden; the industry and business ability of these then - rf- J-wwMiW UOU 4W reward in that they were Boon able to purcuBBe ana improve tne line garden iBi ui buuui oi tne city upon which tbey for eo many years Jived, the same which for thn last, unnl u been the summer home of Attorney J. Mrs. Carter was a eood christian 4UWMUU1 T woman, kind of heart, willing at all times to do any act of kindness to even the lowliest. While her death was not unexpected, aa she had antfnrA imm paralysis for several years, yet it will m oniein buuuk tu ner many irienas. She was 83 years old November 12. The funeral will talrn nlanA (mm t.h ma. r ,uv aence. No. 30 Jefferson street, at in o'clock Friday morning, i Interment at the family vault at Woodlawn. .. All APPALLIHC flEPORT. 600,000 Deaths in Cuba From Januaryx to October 1. 05E THIRD OF THE POPULATION. The Condition of the 8 tarring; Wretches la Unchanged Since the Advent of Blanco President McKinley Had These Facts Before Big Eyes When ' He Wrote His Message Even the Spanish Soldiers are . Starving;. New Yobk, Dec. 8. A Washing ton special to the Journal gives the gist of what is claimed to be the secret report received bv President McKinlev as to the actual situation in Cuba since the advent of Blanco. The report was made at the request of the d resident and was received bv him before he fin- I - Ished writing his message. f" - irLi:l -r. - I his paper, the Journal says, spates in absolute terms that the statistics of the mortality in the towns of Cienfue- gos, SaguaLa Grande,' Santa Clara, Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad, amount ed to 100,000 poor, unarmed' wretches, ho were starved to death. The nun:. ber ot those who have died in the is land since January 1, 1897, until Octo- Der 1 last, is given and reaches the ap- DaUine-total Of fiOO.OOOnr mnm th.- one-third of what the population was when the rebellion began. . The report shows that the condition of the starving wretches on the island is unchanged, that alt.hiKirh Ttin has ordered the distribution of rations, nis omcers are powerless as there is no food to give them. -Even the Span. lsn soldiers themselves are starving. Information la a an onnt.afniul in tho document that the Cubans have an effective force in the field of 22,000 men, while the Spanish force in the field does not exceed 60,000. The Cubans admit a loss of 10,000 men by wounds and disease since the beeinnintr - of hostilities, and thn inan nf tho lards is put at close to 100,000 men. O THE COCBTS. Happenings In and About Muskingum's Temple of Justice. FROM WSOKSSDAT'S DAILY. Licensed tn airnd Hsnri Offtiril and Clara Bothner. Alice M. Snider has annlind tn thn nrobate court to b annotntnil admin. Istratrix other late husband's estate. The last will nf the lata John P. Frederick waa filed with the nrnhabn court last evening. The wife is the sole benenciary. Tvi tltA MB. PflllA. I VB Tlltf-Ml fn. $3,000 damages for false imprisonment, the defendant, by his attorneys, Mc ienry ana u iNeai, naa niea an answer denying the material allegations of olalntlff'a netitlon and sittintr nn coun ter claims. Newton C. Smith, bv his attrtrnnva. McHenry & O'Neal, has instituted di- Olive Smith, on the grounds that a 21- year-oia neignrjor, JNeison Lewis,nas been too attentive to his better half. Mr. Smith and vnunir Iw1b havn hnnn on the outs for some time, and yesterday the former was bound over to probate court from Squire Grlffie's court on an affidavit ch&rtrlns- him with naiv rying concealed weapons. In this case ue wis was tne prosecuting witness. Oa the VYrsBg Track. ntOM WIDSE8DAT S DAH.T." Whlln VrnA Pnllnr-b , waa ajn4ln party last evening at the residence of John Wilson, near Bridgeville, it was for a time thought that some one had stolen his buggy and successfully made away with it. It was shortly before midnight that Mr. Pollock decided to 1 1 . . leave mr uome anu wnen ae went to the spot where he had hitched the an imai ne was surprised to una that it araa o-nnn. An ATsminstinn j4i&lu.A the fact that the horse had not broken loose ana 11 was concluded that some one had stolen the outfit A messenger was instantly dispatched to the residence of W. H. Slack, the well known butcher who Uvea on the East pike, and tha nnllna rjnadnnartnn communicated with by telephone, and a roui . vi iw ujDm was maae to tnem. The animal was a fine bay in color and it was nitcnea to a piano box top buggy oearly new. The search tor tha mlsssing rig waa kept up all night by mr, jTuiiuua ana nis trienas, and early this morning the outfit was found on the Adamsville road, about two-miles iron tne ronocK Homestead. The hitch strap bad became loosened and the horse started for home, but bad pursued the wrong road and h.i kept on going until it became entangled in a fence. Money W til New Talk. vTASUDfGTON, D-?c. T.rion. n. D. Money waa sworn, ia, today ts senatcr troai.tUciH'-rpl. T 1